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Old Dogs, New Tricks: On Creativity and CollaborationBennis
In today's dog-eat-dog world of competition and ongoing change, people in every position, especially the "old dogs," must learn to work as great groups and creative coalitions rather than as "lone wolves." They must learn the relatively "new tricks" of collaboration and innovation. Through creative collaboration, these leaders position their companies to be more adaptive and more profitable, continually reinventing themselves to address new markets and capitalize on new technologies.
- GenresLeadershipBusiness
360 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 1999
24 people want to read
About the author
Warren Bennis
102 books122 followersWarren Gamaliel Bennis is an American scholar, organizational consultant and author, widely regarded as a pioneer of the contemporary field of Leadership Studies. Bennis is University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Business Administration and Founding Chairman of The Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California.
“His work at MIT in the 1960s on group behavior foreshadowed -- and helped bring about -- today's headlong plunge into less hierarchical, more democratic and adaptive institutions, private and public,” management expert Tom Peters wrote in 1993 in the foreword to Bennis’ An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and Change.
Management expert James O’Toole, in a 2005 issue of Compass, published by Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, claimed that Bennis developed “an interest in a then-nonexistent field that he would ultimately make his own -- leadership -- with the publication of his ‘Revisionist Theory of Leadership’ in Harvard Business Review in 1961.” O’Toole observed that Bennis challenged the prevailing wisdom by showing that humanistic, democratic-style leaders better suited to dealing with the complexity and change that characterize the leadership environment.
“His work at MIT in the 1960s on group behavior foreshadowed -- and helped bring about -- today's headlong plunge into less hierarchical, more democratic and adaptive institutions, private and public,” management expert Tom Peters wrote in 1993 in the foreword to Bennis’ An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and Change.
Management expert James O’Toole, in a 2005 issue of Compass, published by Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, claimed that Bennis developed “an interest in a then-nonexistent field that he would ultimately make his own -- leadership -- with the publication of his ‘Revisionist Theory of Leadership’ in Harvard Business Review in 1961.” O’Toole observed that Bennis challenged the prevailing wisdom by showing that humanistic, democratic-style leaders better suited to dealing with the complexity and change that characterize the leadership environment.
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October 24, 2010
I just finished reading Old Dogs, New Tricks by Warren Bennis, a well-respected expert on leadership. The book describes how leaders, including CEOs, need to change their methods and their mindsets to be successful in today’s changing world.
The book explains that people want more than just a paycheck. The also want their leaders to provide:
• A sense of purpose and meaning.
• A sense of belonging to a community or group.
• A sense of power, involvement and connection.
Bennis isn’t talking about just “feel good” management. He’s talking about real actions leaders can take to engage the brainpower of their employees. And he provides specific examples of successful companies.
While companies must become “lean”, they don’t need to be “mean.” They should recognize the importance of their workers and reach out to them for ideas. Instead of downsizing to save money, leaders should focus on growing revenues to increase profits. The rules of yesterday don’t apply in the world of today.
The “today” Bennis was talking about was 1999.
Did any CEOs read this book?
The book explains that people want more than just a paycheck. The also want their leaders to provide:
• A sense of purpose and meaning.
• A sense of belonging to a community or group.
• A sense of power, involvement and connection.
Bennis isn’t talking about just “feel good” management. He’s talking about real actions leaders can take to engage the brainpower of their employees. And he provides specific examples of successful companies.
While companies must become “lean”, they don’t need to be “mean.” They should recognize the importance of their workers and reach out to them for ideas. Instead of downsizing to save money, leaders should focus on growing revenues to increase profits. The rules of yesterday don’t apply in the world of today.
The “today” Bennis was talking about was 1999.
Did any CEOs read this book?
April 16, 2013
A great book for the up and coming business professional.
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